Hose-supporter



L. JOHN.

HOSE SUPPORTERA APPLICATION FILED AUG,2. I917.

Patented May 4,1920.

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INVENTOR TTORNEY UNITED STATES LILLIAN JOHN, or nnwYonK, N. Y.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4, 1920.

Application filed August 2, 1917. Serial No. 184,113.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LILLIAN JOHN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hose Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

'My invention relates to a hosiery supporter of the clasping type in which the fabric of the hose is spread over a projecting member and a loop passed over the proj ecting member and fabric and then drawn up so as toclasp the hosiery fabric between the member and loop.

In such devices heretofore known the clasp members are caused to engage but a few threads of the fabric localizing the strains and further the movement of the person in walking creates a friction on these few threads which friction rapidly wearing away the engaged portion of the fabric minimizes the life of the hose.

Accordingly, one of the objects of the invention is to provide a form of supporter which will distribute the strain incidental to the use of such devices over a materially wide portion of the fabric and at the same time allow a greater freedom of movement of the wearer than is possible with present forms of hose supporters.

This object is attained broadly by forming the clasps of a coacting pair of curved wire loops whih will engage a relatively large area of the hose fabric transversely of the line of strain on the hose.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simplified form of supporter of the class which includes an elastic insert and in which the elastic life of the device will be prolonged.

One means for attaining this latter feature is to provide, within the length of the supporter, an elastic strip which will be entirely free of the usual adjusting buckles and other mechanisms, which have heretofore engaged the elastic with a resulting wear on the portion of the elastic grasped by the buckle or similar adjusting device.

Various other objects'and advantagesof the invention will be in part obvious from an inspection of the accompanying drawing-s and in part will be more fully set forth in the following particular description of one form of mechanism embodying my in vention, and the invention also consists in certain new and novel features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a hose supporter constituting a preferred embodiment of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a front elevational View of the lower portion of the supporter of Fig. 1, shown in position engaging the upper 'portion of a supported hose;

Fig. 3 is a' vertical transverse sectional view taken centrally through the device shown in Fig. 2; and '7 i Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the loop members disconnected from their support. ing strips.

Inthe following description and in the claims, parts will be identified by specific names for convenience of expression but they are intended to be as generic in their application to similar parts as the art will permit. 1 In the accompanying drawings, there is shown a hose supporter which includes an elastic strip 10 constituting a readil re-I placeable insert, the upper'end of which is looped through a metallic slide loop 11 and fastened thereto by stitching 12. A buckle strap 13 is looped through a buckle 14, has one end fastened to the loop slide 11 and is arranged so that its free end 15 will extend back of the elastic strip 1 0 and the hosiery engaging clamp 16, hereinafter more fully described. i

The strap 13 is provided with a series of apertures 17 designed to have the finger 18 of the buckle extend through any one of the same so as to adjust the length of the supporter. The buckle is hung loosely from a fabric loop 19 which in turn is suspended from a safety pin 20 by means of which the sup-porter may be fastened to the corset or other article of apparel as is usual with such devices. 7

The hosiery engaging member 16 includes two similar wire loop members; an'upper or inner member 21 fastened directly to the lower end of the elastic strip 10 and a lower, inner, or projecting member 2,2 carried by the member 21. These members are similar in form and size except that the upper member 21 is provided with a cross bar 23 from which is hung tape 2 1, the lower end of which tape. is threaded through a part of the loopmember 2.2 to hol he am o the and preferably formed by bringing the loop forming wires together and fastening the same by an encircling metal sleeve 27, as shown more particularly in Fig. 3.

The extension 26 forms a connection between the fabric engaging loop parts and an upstanding triangular shaped guiding or backing member 28, the upper bar 30 of which constitutes the means for supporting the same'from the strips 10 and 24:.

The lower bar 31 of each of the loop members is curved slightly across the direction of the line of strain on the hose so as to permit a slight relative movement between the loop members when the supporter is in active operation.

In operation, the supporter is attached to the corset or other article of apparel from which it is usual to suspend such devices; the safety pin 20 forming a convenient attaching means. The length of the supporter is then adjusted by running the buckle strap through the buckle for the desired distance and then inserting the buckle finger within the nearest aperture, permitting the loose end of the buckle strap to fall back of the elastic insert 10 and back of the clasp members as shown more particularly in Fig. 3.

The upper end of the hose is then inserted between the loop members 21 and 22 for any desired distance above the same, but preferably so as to cause; the members to engage the same, well below the hem of the hose. The loop member 22 is then pressed forwardly against the fabric of the hose, so as to forma projection as shown in Figs. 2

and 3, at the same time lapping the strip 24; over the top of the hose so as to brmg the loop 21 in advance of the hose. loop 21 is then positioned over the projection formed by the loop 22 and is then drawn upwardly. back of this loop so as to retain the fabric of the hose therebetween. It will be apparent from an examination of the arrangement shown in Fig. 3 that the downward strain on the hose will act on the bottom wire31' of the loop 21 drawing the same downwardly relatively to the loop 22 and. causing the upper projection 26 to rest on the corresponding lower projection clasping the fabric of the hose therebetween.

By this constructionit will'ibe seen that The one of the loop members can rock upon the other and in this way. give with the movement of the wearers leg in walking, thus tending to eliminate tearing strains on the hose. The loop members engage the hose for a material distance transversely of the vertical lines of strain thereon, thus eliminating the tendency heretofore present in V such devices of localizing strains upon a few threads of the hose. 7 As the bottom wires 31 7 of the'loop members are slightly curved, all sharp engaging edges are eliminated and the hose fabric is passed across smooth'surfaces further tending to eliminate tearing friction.

In such device it has been usual to cause the adjusting buckle or other attaching means to engage the elastic fabric directl in those cases Where such an insert is use but in the device herein disclosed the elastic insert is free of any engagement. with buckles or other devices which may tend to break the elastic threads or otherwise de teriorate from the life of the elastic. As the elastic insert deteriorates with use a new insert may be positioned in place; it merely being necessary to lap the opposite ends of the elastic through the loop members and stitch the same in place. This replacing of the worn elastic requires no refinement of measurements and any available length of elastic may be utilized, the adjustment in length being taken up by the proper manipulation of the buckle adjustment.

All of the parts, with the exception of the loop members, are conventional forms which may be purchased on the open market and even the loop members may readily be formed merely by bendin a piece of the proper size wire and suita ly fastening the ends together. Accordingly a device of the character described can be cheaply con structed and marketed at relatively low cost. 7

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

In a hosiery supporter, the combinationof two wire loops, each substantially of the same size and of substantially a kidney shape in front elevation, said loops adapted to fit flat against the wearers leg to hold the hosiery fabric therebetween, sald loops de- I signed when in active position to have their longer axes disposed across the line of strain on the fabric and each provided with a relatively wide strain receiving. lower edge, one of said loops constituting an upper, inner member and provided with a fabric receiving opening with its lower portion defined by one of said strain receiving lower edges, 1 25 said opening adapted to have the. held portion of the fabric inserted therethrough,

strain receiving means for supporting the upper portion of said upper, inner member,

the other loop constituting a lower member 13cadapted to be inserted with the fabric through said opening and positioned thereby beyond the plane of said upper loop and concealed by said fabric, said lower memb'er when forced through being free to move downwardly, the lower strain receiving edge of said lower member being positioned below the corresponding edge of the upper member thereby causing a relatively extensive width of the held fabric to pass 8- shaped over the strain receiving edge of the upper member, and then under, in advance of and over the lower member, the pull of said fabric tending to raise the lower member bodily in the opening and into engagement with the upper member to additionally hold the fabric between the loops, each of said loops provided at their upper ends with laterally extending shoulders ooacting to constitute stops for limiting said upward movement of the lower member, said shoulders positioning said loops in front of the supporting parts thereof.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York, and State of New York this 27" day of July, A. D., 1917.

LILLIAN JOHN. 

